Using Mobile Technology to Differentiate Instruction

Karen Fasimpaur

karen at k12opened dot com

Presentation Materials

using_mobile_tech-KF.pdf

Presentation Agenda

Differentiating instruction is essential to engaging our diverse student populations, and textbooks are NOT the best tool for this.

Come see how mobile technology tools like new mini-laptops, handhelds, iPods, mobile video players, and even cell phones can be used to differentiate and enrich instruction. We’ll look at ebooks, podcasts, audio books, mini-movies, graphic organizers, assessment tools, and more, that can be put to immediate use in the classroom.

Presenter Bio

An enthusiastic user of mobile technologies and an evangelist for Open Education, Karen Fasimpaur has over fifteen years experience in education and educational technology, working with schools and educational organizations to integrate technology.

Ms. Fasimpaur is currently President of K12 Handhelds, which focuses on mobile computing in education. She is also the founder of the K12 Open Ed web site and the Kids Open Dictionaryproject. She is an award-winning author, a blogger, and the host of the podcast “Karen’s Educational Mashups.” 

Earlier in her career, Ms. Fasimpaur served as President of Futurekids, a K-12 educational technology integration company with operations in 75 countries worldwide. Before that, she was an executive at Davidson & Associates (later known as Knowledge Adventure and Vivendi Universal Publishing and oversaw a joint venture with Addison Wesley to produce an innovative multimedia history curriculum in collaboration with the California, Florida, and Texas state departments of education. Ms. Fasimpaur has also served as the Director of Operations for the Mazer Corporation, an educational materials developer. She has lived in Africa where she taught elementary and adult ed.

Ms. Fasimpaur has conducted many presentations and workshops on the use of mobile technology, Web 2.0, Open Ed, and other technology integration topics. The forums she has presented at include NECC (“Best of NECC” award), NCCE, FETC, TCEA, CUE, HSTI, NCETC, and MAHETC.